What did you guys think of chapter 7? This is going to be another Mass Effect chapter. Also no reviews makes me feel unwanted. Plz review.

A New Future Ch.8

Garrus's POV:

Joker had reported a Mass Relay after a few hours of searching. According to the Galaxy Map, they had come out of FTL at the edge of an isolated region of space. There wasn't even supposed to be a Mass Relay there!

Garrus was still reviewing files when Joker said on the intercom "Garrus! Earth is five minutes away."

Garrus looked up at the intercom and yelled "Bullshit, Joker! Nothing takes five minutes! Go faster!"

He then got off the couch, out of the cabin, and into the elevator. Waiting for him inside was Ashley. She put her hand on his shoulder and said "Garrus, don't get your hopes up too high. If she is gone... I'm afraid of what would happen to you. You might never recover."

Before Garrus knew what he was doing, he'd pushed her into the wall with a snarl.

He whispered "Don't you dare say that! She's alive! I feel it. She deserves more from you! She had risked her life for yours more times than I can count! I know what I'm going to do. I'm going to find her, alive or dead! Then we're going to live this new future she risked her life for! What are you gonna do, Ash?"

Ashley was scared now. She knew from training that a grieving or angry turian is next to exploding with their emotions. They were like the hurricanes on Earth. You never know when it'll change.

Then she steeled herself and said "I'm going to help. That's the least I can do after all she's done for us."

Garrus hummed, nodded his head, and said "Good."

Ashley thought of something as he pulled back and laughed. Garrus looked at her confused and asked "What's so funny?"

She looked at him and said smiling "Garrus, you know the worst part of dating the commander? You've got to meet her mom!"

At this, Garrus paled. He thought in his head "Oh crap!"

Time Skip

They had made it to Earth. As Garrus looked from inside the cockpit, he saw what was left of the Citadel. What was shocking to him, is that the Reapers were helping rebuild!

Joker said to him "Garrus, we got a landing zone in London. Want me to set her down?"

Garrus nodded and said "Yeah, but if she's not there, we're going up there." He pointed to the Citadel.

Joker shook his head and said "No, Garrus. Teams already went up there. All they found was the Illusive Man with a round in his head and Anderson."

Garrus raised his head at that and asked "Is Anderson dead?"

Joker shrugged and said "The Extranet is down. We're back to using the old Internet and we have to recalibrate everything! Anyway, we're going to be landing soon anyway so we'll find out one way or another."

A few minutes later, they landed on Earth. They were met by Major Coats. He laughed and said "You made it! Come with me. Someone needs to see you."

Garrus, Joker, EDI, Tali, James, and Ashley followed him and got into a Mako. Garrus asked "What's it been like down here? Any problems?"

Coats chuckled and said "Hard not to find problems. The blast wiped out most of our tech. This is one of five Makos still working. Then we have the Reapers spooking the hell out of everyone. Then we have the volunteer parties."

Joker laughed and said "Volunteer parties?!"

Coats sighed and said "The civilians that were either here as survivors or volunteers have been throwing celebrations ever since the end of the war. They're causing power shortages and we need that power for medical reasons and transportation."

Garrus cut him off and asked "Who's in command in in this sector?"

Coats smiled and said "Same one as ever. While I'm the one in acting command, Admiral Anderson is in command. We found him on the Citadel. Barely alive. Wounded severely. We haven't found Shepard yet, but we know she was up there. Due to camera footage, we've triangulated where the blast came from. It was the point where the Crucible docked into the Presidium."

Garrus lifted his head and asked "Where on the Presidium?"

Coats shrugged and said "We looked into it and it wasn't there. It was as if came out of nowhere."

Garrus sighed and said "Take us to the Admiral."

Coats nodded and pounded on the metal, a signal to the driver to go faster. A few minutes later, they got out of the Mako in front of Big Ben, which was the new FOB. They followed Major Coats into the hospital wing and walked through the scores of wounded soldiers still recovering. Then they saw the familiar faces. Wrex was waiting for them alongside Samara, Jack, Grunt, Miranda, Jacob, Zaheed, and Kasumi.

Wrex walked up to Garrus and said "Garrus. Good thing you made it. Anderson said he needed to talk to you specifically."

Garrus nodded and went in the Extreme Care wing. Eventually, after walking through scores of badly wounded soldiers, he found the bruised and bandaged admiral.

Garrus sat down next to him and said "Wrex said you had something to say to me." Anderson groaned and sat up.

He grimace and said "Jane is still alive. After the Normandy and you left, she got to the beam. I followed her. We got to the control panel for the Crucible, but the Illusive Man was there. He tried to stop us, but Shepard convinced him to stop. He shot himself in the head. After that, I went unconscious, but I was awake for one more second and I didn't believe what I saw. A platform came up from below her and lifted her too far for me to see. Then I woke up here."

Garrus gently took the mans hand and said smiling "Thank you."

Before he got up to leave, Anderson said "Before you leave, an alliance ship landed after being severely damaged. The ship was under the command of Rear Admiral Anna Shepard. Good luck boy."

By the end of the sentence, he was laughing. Garrus sighed, annoyed, and said "Shut up." He then walked out of room.

He then went to talk with the others.

Miranda saw him and asked "What he'd tell you?"

Garrus said "I need to ask someone a few questions."

They heard a noise outside and then a hologram flickered. It showed a transparent child unlike any they've ever seen before.

It said "I am The Catalyst. I calculated that you would want to speak to me Garrus Vakarian of Palaven."

Garrus blanched and said "You're a kid?"

The hologram frowned and said "This topic is irrelevant."

Garrus asked "Is Shepard alive?"

The hologram cocked its head and said "Yes. This was not foreseen. It seems despite all she's done, the universe is not done with her. We believed she would die. This was not a desired outcome. We've been calculating how it could've happened. We've concluded her biotic energy and her own come together with the Crucible's energy could've created something. All that energy allowed for a rupture in space and time. A singularity, or a black hole as you would call it, formed as her energy dispersed, but it only lived for a short time. Commander Jane Shepard went through that rupture and disappeared."

Garrus nodded and asked "Is there any way to get her back."

The child nodded and said "There is a chance."

A woman's voice came from Garrus and asked "How much of a chance?"

Garrus turned around and saw an older woman with dull red hair, which may have been scarlet earlier in her life.

The woman spotted him and said "Garrus Vakarian. My daughter has told me quite a bit about you. My name is Anna Shepard. Once we find my daughter and bring her back, you and I are gonna talk."

Garrus looked at her and wondered if some of Jane's ruthlessness had been passed down from either her father or her mother. For once, he almost didn't want to find Jane.

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